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Reimagine the World: An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus.(Book Reviews)(Book Review)
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Reimagine the World: An Introduction to the Parables of Jesus. By Bernard Brandon Scott. Santa Rosa, CA: Polebridge, 2001. 167 pages. Paper. $18.00.
In 1989 Scott, now Professor of New Testament at Phillips Theological Seminary, published a scholarly study of all the Jesus parables, entitled Hear Then the Parables. This work brings the results of that thorough study to the more general reader. Accessible reading does not mean that scholarship has been abandoned, though more technical matters have been assigned to sidebars. The impetus for this book comes from discussions of ...
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